Charles Stratton, a troubled ten-year-old, is sent to a boys’ school in France. He is determined to run away, but before he does, he must solve several mysteries: What is in the box hidden in the stone wall that surrounds the school, and who or what is the Ghost of the Jangling Keys? He seeks help from his roommate, David, and Jacques, the timid all-around man at the Chateau Du Mont. The boys are on a coming-of-age journey. While Jacques is on a hero’s journey of his own, where he must face ghosts from his past. And just when this mystery is solved, another raises a mummy's hand. It MG novel, loved by adults, an Edu-Tainment novel that models how a young person develops his ability to THINK LIKE A WRITER.